Andrew Balbirnie was offering no excuses in Utrecht on Monday as he surveyed the wreckage of a World Cup qualifying campaign that is all but over for Ireland after a four-wicket defeat gave the Netherlands a 2-1 series victory. "There are no excuses from us," skipper Balbirnie said. "There were a lot of big moments throughout the week that we didn’t win and the Dutch did. Hats off to them, they deserved to win two games out of three. We’ve been really disappointed that we haven’t adapted to tough conditions, but no excuses there either, because the Dutch had the same pitches to play on."

Source: Irish Independent June 07, 2021 18:39 UTC